Nursing Written test examination conducted by KEA for recruitment of Staff Nurses(GNM). The Questions with answers (100 Nos) is published here.
Question No. 1. Mortality means
Correct Answer: (B) Death rate
Question No. 2. Name of the tiny air–sacs in the lungs :
Correct Answer: (C) Alveoli (D) Bronchus
Question No. 3. The umbilical cord consists of
Correct Answer: (A) Two arteries and one vein (B) Two veins and one artery
Question No. 4. Power house of cell is
Correct Answer: (D) Mitochondria
Question No. 5. Presence of albumin in the urine is termed as
Correct Answer: (C) Albuminuria (D) Dysuria
Question No. 6. White Blood Cells are responsible for
Correct Answer: (A) Phagocytosis (B) Pirocytosis
Question No. 1. Mortality means
Correct Answer: (B) Death rate
Question No. 2. Name of the tiny air–sacs in the lungs :
Correct Answer: (C) Alveoli (D) Bronchus
Question No. 3. The umbilical cord consists of
Correct Answer: (A) Two arteries and one vein (B) Two veins and one artery
Question No. 4. Power house of cell is
Correct Answer: (D) Mitochondria
Question No. 5. Presence of albumin in the urine is termed as
Correct Answer: (C) Albuminuria (D) Dysuria
Question No. 6. White Blood Cells are responsible for
Correct Answer: (A) Phagocytosis (B) Pirocytosis
Staff nurse exam questions and answers 2020
Question No. 7. Personal hygiene comprises :
Correct Answer: (C) Both Physical health & Mental health
Question No. 8. Following are the principles of nursing, except:
Correct Answer: (B) Equality
Question No. 10. Active immunization should be given for whooping cough :
Correct Answer: (A) DPT (B) BCG
Question No. 11. Society determines of the state
Correct Answer: (B) Purpose
Question No. 12. Collapse of the lung is called as
Correct Answer: (C) Atlectasis (D) Anoxia
Question No. 13. The most common cause of intestinal obstruction is
Correct Answer: (A) Adhesions (B) Hernia
Question No. 14. Formation of a permanent artificial opening is known as
Correct Answer: (C) Ostomy (D) Plasty
Question No. 15. The type of antagonism are
Correct Answer: (D) Competitive
Question No. 16. A good local anesthetic agent should not cause
(C) Fast onset and long duration of action
Question No. 17. While giving CPR for an infant, the depth of compression should be
Correct Answer: (B) 0.5–1 inch
Question No. 19. The most common phobia in clinical practice is
Correct Answer: (C) Agora phobia (D) Claustro phobia
Question No. 20. Which of the following is the last resort to control external bleeding ?
Correct Answer: (C) Use of tourniquet
Question No. 21. Treatment of delirium tremers is
Correct Answer: (B) Chlodiaxepoxide (D) Respiridon
Question No. 22. Normal duration of pregnancy (in days) is
Correct Answer: (C) 277 Days (D) 300 Days
24. Which of the following is a fungal infection of the feet ?
(B) Athelete's foot disease
Question No. 25. Tolerance and drug resistance can be consequence of
Correct Answer: (B) Increased metabolic degradation
Question No. 26. The term gastric lavage means
Correct Answer: (A) Aspirating the fluid from stomach
Question No. 27. Infection of middle ear is called as
Correct Answer: (C) Otitis media (D) Labyrinthitis
Question No. 28. Malaria is transmitted by
Correct Answer: (B) Mosquito
Question No. 30. The most common symptom of laryngitis is
(A) Hoarseness (B) Sore Throat
Question No. 32. Commonest site of brain abscess :
Correct Answer: (B) Frontal (B) Frontal
Question No. 33. Eradication means
Correct Answer: (D) Elimination of organisms
Question No. 34. Downs syndrome is
Correct Answer: (A) Duplication of chromosome 21
Question No. 36. Epistaxis means
Correct Answer: (B) Bleeding from nose
Question No. 37. Decrease in heart rate is
Correct Answer: (B) Bradycardia
Question No. 38. Thinking is also known as
Correct Answer: (C) Cognition (D) Perception
39. Which one of the following should the client with multiple sclerosis be warned to avoid ?
Correct Answer: (D) Cold temperature
Question No. 40. Which of the following is not a thermal agent of burns ?
Correct Answer: (C) Acid (D) Nuclear Radiation
Question No. 41. The graft of the patient taken from his own body is called
Correct Answer: (A) Autograft (B) Allograft
Question No. 43. Rigor of mortis means
Correct Answer: (C) Stiffness of body after death
Question No. 44. Birth weight doubles at
Correct Answer: (A) 5–6 Months (B) 7–8 Months
Question No. 45. Hardest substance of the body is
Correct Answer: (A) Bone
Question No. 46. Sociology as a subject deals with
Correct Answer: (A) Man & society (B) Human Association
Question No. 47. Average weight of placenta is
Correct Answer: (A) 500 gm (B) 250 gm
Question No. 48. Number of deciduous teeth is
Correct Answer: (A) 20
Question No. 50. Disinfection means.
Correct Answer: (A) Destroying of all the pathogenic organism
Question No. 51. CSSM programme initiated in the year
Correct Answer: (B) 1992
Question No. 52. Following are the major psychiatric emergencies, except :
Correct Answer: (D) Grief reaction
Question No. 53. The most suitable position for giving an enema is
Correct Answer: (A) Left lateral (B) Right lateral
Question No. 54. The National Filarial Control Program was launched in
Correct Answer: (A) 1955 (B) 1965
Question No. 55. Hypnosis is not effective in
Correct Answer: (C) Eating disorder
Question No. 56. Progesterone is normally secreted in high amount by
Correct Answer: (B) Corpus luteum
Question No. 57. Weight of the non–pregnant uterus is about
Correct Answer: (B) 60–80 gm (B) 60–80 gm
Question No. 58. Removal of an entire lung is known as
Correct Answer: (B) Pneumonectomy
59. The immunization given at 9 months is
Correct Answer: (C) MMR (D) DPT
Question No. 60. The neonate is cleaned in the diversion of
Correct Answer: (C) Cephalo–caudal
Question No. 61. Painless uterine contractions are
Correct Answer: (B) Braxton hicks contraction
Question No. 63. Which of the following is cardinal sign ?
Correct Answer: (A) Temperature (B) Look
Question No. 64. What is the first response to the experience of frustration ?
Correct Answer: (A) Persistence (B) Aggression
Question No. 65. Intelligence is _______ mental ability
Correct Answer: (C) Both Innate & Acquired (B) Acquired
Question No. 66. Fertilization takes place at
Correct Answer: (C) Ampulla
Question No. 7. Personal hygiene comprises :
Correct Answer: (C) Both Physical health & Mental health
Question No. 8. Following are the principles of nursing, except:
Correct Answer: (B) Equality
Question No. 10. Active immunization should be given for whooping cough :
Correct Answer: (A) DPT (B) BCG
Question No. 11. Society determines of the state
Correct Answer: (B) Purpose
Question No. 12. Collapse of the lung is called as
Correct Answer: (C) Atlectasis (D) Anoxia
Question No. 13. The most common cause of intestinal obstruction is
Correct Answer: (A) Adhesions (B) Hernia
Question No. 14. Formation of a permanent artificial opening is known as
Correct Answer: (C) Ostomy (D) Plasty
Question No. 15. The type of antagonism are
Correct Answer: (D) Competitive
Question No. 16. A good local anesthetic agent should not cause
(C) Fast onset and long duration of action
Question No. 17. While giving CPR for an infant, the depth of compression should be
Correct Answer: (B) 0.5–1 inch
Question No. 19. The most common phobia in clinical practice is
Correct Answer: (C) Agora phobia (D) Claustro phobia
Question No. 20. Which of the following is the last resort to control external bleeding ?
Correct Answer: (C) Use of tourniquet
Question No. 21. Treatment of delirium tremers is
Correct Answer: (B) Chlodiaxepoxide (D) Respiridon
Question No. 22. Normal duration of pregnancy (in days) is
Correct Answer: (C) 277 Days (D) 300 Days
24. Which of the following is a fungal infection of the feet ?
(B) Athelete's foot disease
Question No. 25. Tolerance and drug resistance can be consequence of
Correct Answer: (B) Increased metabolic degradation
Question No. 26. The term gastric lavage means
Correct Answer: (A) Aspirating the fluid from stomach
Question No. 27. Infection of middle ear is called as
Correct Answer: (C) Otitis media (D) Labyrinthitis
Question No. 28. Malaria is transmitted by
Correct Answer: (B) Mosquito
Question No. 30. The most common symptom of laryngitis is
(A) Hoarseness (B) Sore Throat
Question No. 32. Commonest site of brain abscess :
Correct Answer: (B) Frontal (B) Frontal
Question No. 33. Eradication means
Correct Answer: (D) Elimination of organisms
Question No. 34. Downs syndrome is
Correct Answer: (A) Duplication of chromosome 21
Question No. 36. Epistaxis means
Correct Answer: (B) Bleeding from nose
Question No. 37. Decrease in heart rate is
Correct Answer: (B) Bradycardia
Question No. 38. Thinking is also known as
Correct Answer: (C) Cognition (D) Perception
39. Which one of the following should the client with multiple sclerosis be warned to avoid ?
Correct Answer: (D) Cold temperature
Question No. 40. Which of the following is not a thermal agent of burns ?
Correct Answer: (C) Acid (D) Nuclear Radiation
Question No. 41. The graft of the patient taken from his own body is called
Correct Answer: (A) Autograft (B) Allograft
Question No. 43. Rigor of mortis means
Correct Answer: (C) Stiffness of body after death
Question No. 44. Birth weight doubles at
Correct Answer: (A) 5–6 Months (B) 7–8 Months
Question No. 45. Hardest substance of the body is
Correct Answer: (A) Bone
Question No. 46. Sociology as a subject deals with
Correct Answer: (A) Man & society (B) Human Association
Question No. 47. Average weight of placenta is
Correct Answer: (A) 500 gm (B) 250 gm
Question No. 48. Number of deciduous teeth is
Correct Answer: (A) 20
Question No. 50. Disinfection means.
Correct Answer: (A) Destroying of all the pathogenic organism
Question No. 51. CSSM programme initiated in the year
Correct Answer: (B) 1992
Question No. 52. Following are the major psychiatric emergencies, except :
Correct Answer: (D) Grief reaction
Question No. 53. The most suitable position for giving an enema is
Correct Answer: (A) Left lateral (B) Right lateral
Question No. 54. The National Filarial Control Program was launched in
Correct Answer: (A) 1955 (B) 1965
Question No. 55. Hypnosis is not effective in
Correct Answer: (C) Eating disorder
Question No. 56. Progesterone is normally secreted in high amount by
Correct Answer: (B) Corpus luteum
Question No. 57. Weight of the non–pregnant uterus is about
Correct Answer: (B) 60–80 gm (B) 60–80 gm
Question No. 58. Removal of an entire lung is known as
Correct Answer: (B) Pneumonectomy
59. The immunization given at 9 months is
Correct Answer: (C) MMR (D) DPT
Question No. 60. The neonate is cleaned in the diversion of
Correct Answer: (C) Cephalo–caudal
Question No. 61. Painless uterine contractions are
Correct Answer: (B) Braxton hicks contraction
Question No. 63. Which of the following is cardinal sign ?
Correct Answer: (A) Temperature (B) Look
Question No. 64. What is the first response to the experience of frustration ?
Correct Answer: (A) Persistence (B) Aggression
Question No. 65. Intelligence is _______ mental ability
Correct Answer: (C) Both Innate & Acquired (B) Acquired
Question No. 66. Fertilization takes place at
Correct Answer: (C) Ampulla
Nursing Related Questions with Answers- 2019
Question No. 67. Atropine causes
Correct Answer: (A) Spasmolitic activity (B) Intestinal hyper motility
Question No. 68. After the measurement of oral temperature the thermometer must be cleaned from
Correct Answer: (C) From stem to bulb of thermometer
Question No. 69. Micro–organisms can thrive and reproduce is known as
Correct Answer: (C) Reservoir (D) Pathogenicity
Question No. 70. Safe period in menstrual cycle is
Correct Answer: (D) 21–28 days
Question No. 71. The ovary is present
(A) At birth (B) At puberty
Question No. 72. Organic mental disease is indicated by
Correct Answer: (B) Lose of memory
(C) Depression (D) Preservation of speech
73. Best method for spacing is
Correct Answer: (A) Condom (B) Pessary
Question No. 74. NACO is the programme for
Correct Answer: (C) AIDS
Question No. 75. The term new–born refer to
Correct Answer: (A) From birth to one month of child
Question No. 76. Which of the following constitutes specific protection ?
Correct Answer: (D) Immunization
Question No. 77. A code of good manners is called as
Correct Answer: (B) Etiquette (B) Etiquette
Question No. 78. Epidemiology is derived from the word
Correct Answer: (C) Epidemic
Question No. 79. Illusion means
Correct Answer: (A) False perception with stimuli
(C) False perception
Question No. 80. The substance that prevent clotting of blood is
Correct Answer: (B) Heparin
81. The commonest side–effect of the thrombolytic therapy is
Correct Answer: (A) Bleeding (B) Acute renal failure
Question No. 82. The legal age for marriage among girls in India is
Correct Answer: (A) 18 years (B) 20 years
Question No. 83. Standards of mental health nursing practice published by
Correct Answer: (B) American Nursing Association
Question No. 84. Indian Mental Health Act has been passed in the year
Correct Answer: (D) 1987
85. What is the normal position of uterus ?
Correct Answer: (C) Both Anteverted & Anteflexed
Question No. 86. Movable bone in the face
Correct Answer: (A) Mandible (B) Hyoid bone
Question No. 87. Long muscular tube that connects pharynx with stomach is
Correct Answer: (B) Esophagus
Question No. 88. Length of the oesophagus is
Correct Answer: (B) 25 cm
Question No. 67. Atropine causes
Correct Answer: (A) Spasmolitic activity (B) Intestinal hyper motility
Question No. 68. After the measurement of oral temperature the thermometer must be cleaned from
Correct Answer: (C) From stem to bulb of thermometer
Question No. 69. Micro–organisms can thrive and reproduce is known as
Correct Answer: (C) Reservoir (D) Pathogenicity
Question No. 70. Safe period in menstrual cycle is
Correct Answer: (D) 21–28 days
Question No. 71. The ovary is present
(A) At birth (B) At puberty
Question No. 72. Organic mental disease is indicated by
Correct Answer: (B) Lose of memory
(C) Depression (D) Preservation of speech
73. Best method for spacing is
Correct Answer: (A) Condom (B) Pessary
Question No. 74. NACO is the programme for
Correct Answer: (C) AIDS
Question No. 75. The term new–born refer to
Correct Answer: (A) From birth to one month of child
Question No. 76. Which of the following constitutes specific protection ?
Correct Answer: (D) Immunization
Question No. 77. A code of good manners is called as
Correct Answer: (B) Etiquette (B) Etiquette
Question No. 78. Epidemiology is derived from the word
Correct Answer: (C) Epidemic
Question No. 79. Illusion means
Correct Answer: (A) False perception with stimuli
(C) False perception
Question No. 80. The substance that prevent clotting of blood is
Correct Answer: (B) Heparin
81. The commonest side–effect of the thrombolytic therapy is
Correct Answer: (A) Bleeding (B) Acute renal failure
Question No. 82. The legal age for marriage among girls in India is
Correct Answer: (A) 18 years (B) 20 years
Question No. 83. Standards of mental health nursing practice published by
Correct Answer: (B) American Nursing Association
Question No. 84. Indian Mental Health Act has been passed in the year
Correct Answer: (D) 1987
85. What is the normal position of uterus ?
Correct Answer: (C) Both Anteverted & Anteflexed
Question No. 86. Movable bone in the face
Correct Answer: (A) Mandible (B) Hyoid bone
Question No. 87. Long muscular tube that connects pharynx with stomach is
Correct Answer: (B) Esophagus
Question No. 88. Length of the oesophagus is
Correct Answer: (B) 25 cm
Staff nurse exam questions and answers 2020
Question No. 89. What is the major side–effect of Prozac ?
Correct Answer: (A) Loss of sexual desire
Question No. 90. The corpus luteum secretes
Correct Answer: (B) Progesterone
Question No. 91. Copper–T is preferably inserted post–natal on
Correct Answer: (D) After 6 weeks
Question No. 92. Operant conditioning is the study of
Correct Answer: (A) Response (B) Stimulus
Question No. 93. Cryptorhidism means
Correct Answer: (C) Undescended testis (D) Hydrocephalus
Question No. 94. Bacterial spores are
Correct Answer: (A) Weakly acid fast (B) Strongly acid fast
Question No. 95. The last part of the small intestine is
Correct Answer: (B) Ileum
Question No. 96. Which of the following is incorrect during care of upper jaw fracture ?
Correct Answer: (C) Place hot compress over the injured area
Question No. 97. Bells palsy is a disorder of which cranial nerve ?
Correct Answer: (B) Cranial nerve–VII
Question No. 98. Normal duration of cardiac cycle :
Correct Answer: (D) 0.8 sec
Question No. 99. Which is not a therapeutic communication technique ?
Correct Answer: (C) Automatic response (D) Humor